Alex andes allen mubphy



(No Model?) A. A. MURPHY.

FORM FOR DISPLAYING DRESS GOODS, 850.

No. 322,196. Patented Jul -14;; 1885.

N PETERS, Fholo-Lkhogripher, Wnhlngicn. DC.

I UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER ALLEN MURPHSLOF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

FORIVIYFQR DISPLAYING DRESS-GOODS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,196, dated July 14,1885.

Application filed February 25, 1885. No model.) Patented iuCanadaFebruary 2-1. 1885, No. 21,182.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALEXANDER ALLEN MURPHY, of the city of Montreal, inthe district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, in the Dominion ofCanada, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Device forDisplaying Textile Fabrics; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, for which I haveobtained Letters Patent in the Dominion of Canada, numbered 21,182,dated February 27, 1885.

It has always been the custom of dry-goods merchants, in dressing theirwindows, to have their wares, especially the costlier fabrics, displayedin such a way as to present them at different angles to the light, thusshowing them off to the best effect. Up to the present time this hasbeen done by folding by hand,

with such assistance as could be afforded by a stiffening of paperplaced inside the goods. This could only be done by a skilled hand, andconsumed much time.

The device which I have invented as a form upon which to displaydress-goods (and which is in the trade denominated a dress-puff)consists of a number of triangular pieces of mill-board or itsequivalent bound together so as to fold both ways. These together form ablank, which is laid upon the piece of goods to be shown and then foldedinto shape with it. In-the center of the blank is a square piece divideddiagonally. To each of the .faces of this square is attached atriangular piece, the ends of the blank being formed by two triangles,the sides of which are attached to the sides of the other triangles, andtheir apices touch the square at the end of the diagonal out in it.

For full comprehension of the invention, reference must be had to theannexed draw ings, in which Figure 1 shows the blank laid out upon thefabric; Fig. 2, a modification of the same, and Fig. 3 a view of theform when folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A A in the first figure and A A in the other show the central square, aa being, re spectively, the diagonal cuts. B B, O O, D

D, and E E are the triangular pieces, the bases of which are formed uponand attached to the sides of the square, as shown at b b, c

c, d d, and e 0'. triangles, the former being connected at ff f f to thetriangles B O B G, and the latter at g g g g to the triangles D and E, Dand E.

F F and G G are the end The connections of these several parts will beeffected by means which will allow them to be bent both ways. i 7

It will be seen that in Fig. 1 the triangles B, G, D, and E areright-angled triangles, and that the triangles B, G, D, and E are notso, and it must beunderstood that the angle of the lines f g to thesides of the square may be varied, so as to increase the length of theblank, and consequently of the form when folded.

The blank above described is laid upon the fabric to be shown, the sidesof which are turned in and the end folded, as shown by dotted lines. Theblank, with the fabric on it, is then folded into the form shown in Fig.

3, the two triangular faces A A of the center square being folded inupon one another,with their joined edges in a vertical line, the sidesformed by triangular pieces B, O, D, and E, and the top and bottom bythe triangles F and G.

Having thus described my invention, I beg to state that what I claim isI 1. A form or puff for displaying dress-goods or other fabrics,consisting of several triangular pieces hinged together and adapted tobe folded into shape, together with the fabric covering the same,substantially as described and shown.

2. A form for displaying'dress-goods and other fabrics, consisting oftwo triangular pieces folded vertically in upon each other, fourtriangular pieces forming the sides, and

two triangular pieces formingthe top and bottom, all secured togethersubstantially as herein described.

3. A blank for a dress-puff or form having a central square divideddiagonally, triangular pieces, the 'bases of which are secured to thesides of such square, and end triangles, the sides of which are attachedto the side triangles, and the apices touch angles of the square,substantially as herein shown and set forth.

ALEX. ALLEN MURPHY.

